prophecy
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR A prophecy is a statement in which someone says they strongly believe that a particular thing will happen. 預言
Will the teacher's prophecy be fulfilled?
那位老師的預言會實現(xiàn)嗎？
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prophecy /?pr?f?s?/ (prophecies)
劍橋詞典
- [ 可數(shù)名詞：有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a statement that says what is going to happen in the future , especially one that is based on what you believe about a particular matter rather than existing facts
（尤指基於主觀判斷的）預言
The minister suggested that the dire prophecies of certain leading environmentalists were somewhat exaggerated . 部長暗示說某些很有影響的環(huán)境保護者所作的可怕預言一定程度上有些誇張。
These doom and gloom prophecies are doing little to help the economy . 這些悲觀的預言對經(jīng)濟毫無用処。
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞：沒有複數(shù)形式的名詞 ] formal
the ability to say what is going to happen in the future
預言的能力 返回 prophecy